- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/731/L41
- Title:
- 1.4GHz observations of bright early-type galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/731/L41
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have measured the radio continuum emission of 396 early-type galaxies brighter than K=9, using 1.4GHz imagery from the NRAO Very Large Array Sky Survey, Green Bank 300ft Telescope, and 64m Parkes Radio Telescope. For M_K_<-24 early-type galaxies, the distribution of radio powers at fixed absolute magnitude spans four orders of magnitude and the median radio power is proportional to K-band luminosity to the power 2.78+/-0.16. The measured flux densities of M_K_<-25.5 early-type galaxies are greater than zero in all cases. It is thus highly likely that the most massive galaxies always host an active galactic nucleus or have recently undergone star formation.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/430/1961
- Title:
- 93.2GHz observations of 9C sources
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/430/1961
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from follow-up observations of a sample of 80 radio sources, originally detected as part of the 15.2-GHz Ninth Cambridge (9C) survey. The observations were carried out, close to simultaneously, at two frequencies: 15.7GHz, using the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (AMI) Large Array, and 93.2GHz, using the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA). There is currently little direct information on the 90-GHz-band source count for S<~1Jy. However, we have used the measured 15.7-to-93.2-GHz spectral-index distribution and 9C source count to predict the differential source count at 93.2GHz as 26+/-4(S/Jy)^-2.15^Jy^-1^sr^-1^; our projection is estimated to be most accurate for 10<~S<~100mJy. Our estimated differential count is more than twice the 90-GHz prediction made by Waldram et al. (2007, Cat. J/MNRAS/379/1442); we believe that this discrepancy is because the measured 43-GHz flux densities used in making their prediction were too low. Similarly, our prediction is significantly higher than that of Sadler et al. (2008, Cat. J/MNRAS/385/1656) at 95GHz. Since our spectral-index distribution is similar to the 20-to-95-GHz distribution measured by Sadler et al. and used in making their prediction, we believe that the difference is almost entirely attributable to the dissimilarity in the lower frequency counts used in making the estimates.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/AstBu/74.348
- Title:
- 164 GHz-peaked spectrum sources
- Short Name:
- J/other/AstBu/74
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Gigahertz-Peaked spectrum (GPS) sources are compact active galactic nuclei, presumably young precursors of bright radio sources. The study of GPS radio properties provides information about the features of synchrotron radiation in extragalactic sources. Also in applied research, GPS sources are useful as compact stationary radio sources in the sky for astrometric purposes. This paper presents the results of a multifrequency GPS study based on quasi-simultaneous measurements with the RATAN-600 radio telescope during the 2006-2017 period. A catalog of GPS spectral flux densities at six frequencies - 1.1, 2.3, 4.8, 7.7/8.2, 11.2, and 21.7GHz - is obtained. In addition, for the analysis of radio spectra, data from low-frequency surveysGLEAM(GaLactic and Extragalactic AllskyMurchisonwidefield array survey) and TGSS (Tata institute for fundamental research GMRT Sky Survey) and high-frequency measurements from Planck survey are used. A total number of 164 GPS and candidates have been identified (17 of them are new discoveries), which makes up a small fraction of GPS in the initial sample of bright AGNs - about 2%. The physical properties and formation conditions of synchrotron radiation is found to be quite different in GPS of different AGNs types. The deficit of distant GPS (z>2) with low maximum frequencies (less than 1GHz) has been confirmed. The existing "size-peak frequency" anticorrelation is continuous. The continuum radio spectra are found to become statistically steeper with increasing redshift.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/767/94
- Title:
- 1.1-1.9GHz SETI survey of KOIs. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/767/94
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a targeted search for narrow-band (<5Hz) drifting sinusoidal radio emission from 86 stars in the Kepler field hosting confirmed or candidate exoplanets. Radio emission less than 5Hz in spectral extent is currently known to only arise from artificial sources. The stars searched were chosen based on the properties of their putative exoplanets, including stars hosting candidates with 380K>T_eq_>230K, stars with five or more detected candidates or stars with a super-Earth (R_p_<3R_{earth}_) in a >50 day orbit. Baseband voltage data across the entire band between 1.1 and 1.9GHz were recorded at the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope between 2011 February and April and subsequently searched offline. No signals of extraterrestrial origin were found. We estimate that fewer than ~1% of transiting exoplanet systems host technological civilizations that are radio loud in narrow-band emission between 1 and 2GHz at an equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) of ~1.5x10^21^erg/s, approximately eight times the peak EIRP of the Arecibo Planetary Radar, and we limit the number of 1-2GHz narrow-band-radio-loud Kardashev type II civilizations in the Milky Way to be <10^-6^/M_{sun}_. Here we describe our observations, data reduction procedures and results.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/716/521
- Title:
- 31GHz sky survey with the SZA
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/716/521
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first sample of 31GHz selected sources to flux levels of 1mJy. From late 2005 to mid-2007, the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array observed 7.7deg^2^ of the sky at 31GHz to a median rms of 0.18mJy/beam. We identify 209 sources at greater than 5{sigma} significance in the 31GHz maps, ranging in flux from 0.7mJy to ~200mJy. Archival NVSS data at 1.4GHz and observations at 5GHz with the Very Large Array are used to characterize the sources. We determine the maximum-likelihood integrated source count to be N(>S)=(27.2+/-2.5)deg^-2^x(S_mJy_)^-1.18+/-0.12^ over the flux range 0.7-15mJy. This result is significantly higher than predictions based on 1.4GHz selected samples, a discrepancy which can be explained by a small shift in the spectral index distribution for faint 1.4GHz sources. From comparison with previous measurements of sources within the central arcminute of massive clusters, we derive an overdensity of 6.8+/-4.4, relative to field sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/704/1433
- Title:
- 31GHz survey of low-frequency radio sources
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/704/1433
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The 100m Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope and the 40m Owens Valley Radio Observatory telescope have been used to conduct a 31GHz survey of 3165 known extragalactic radio sources over 143deg^2^ of the sky. Target sources were selected from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey in fields observed by the Cosmic Background Imager (CBI); most are extragalactic active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with 1.4GHz flux densities of 3-10mJy. The resulting 31GHz catalogs are presented in full online. Using a maximum-likelihood analysis to obtain an unbiased estimate of the distribution of the 1.4-31GHz spectral indices of these sources, we find a mean 31-1.4GHz flux ratio of 0.110+/-0.003 corresponding to a spectral index of {alpha}=-0.71+/-0.01 (S_{nu}_{prop.to}{nu}^{alpha}^); 9.0%+/-0.8% of sources have {alpha}>-0.5 and 1.2%+/-0.2% have {alpha}>0. By combining this spectral-index distribution with 1.4GHz source counts, we predict 31GHz source counts in the range 1mJy<S_31_<4mJy, N(>S_31_)=(16.7+/-1.7)deg^-2^(S_31_/1mJy)^-0.80+/-0.07^.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/502/4779
- Title:
- 28-40GHz variability and polarimetry
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/502/4779
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We observed 51 sources in the Q-U-I JOint TEnerife (QUIJOTE) cosmological fields which were brighter than 1Jy at 30GHz in the Planck Point Source Catalogue (version 1), with the Very Large Array at 28-40GHz, in order to characterise their high-radio-frequency variability and polarization properties. We find a roughly log-normal distribution of polarization fractions with a median of 2%, in agreement with previous studies, and a median rotation measure (RM) of ~1110rad/m^2^ with one outlier up to ~64000rad/m^2^ which is among the highest RMs measured in quasar cores. We find hints of a correlation between the total intensity flux density and median polarization fraction. We find 59% of sources are variable in total intensity, and 100% in polarization at 3{sigma} level, with no apparent correlation between total intensity variability and polarization variability. This indicates that it will be difficult to model these sources without simultaneous polarimetric monitoring observations and they will need to be masked for cosmological analysis.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VIII/109
- Title:
- GLEAM III. South Galactic Pole
- Short Name:
- VIII/109
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the South Galactic Pole (SGP) data release from the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky Murchison Widefield Array (GLEAM) survey. These data combine both years of GLEAM observations at 72-231MHz conducted with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) and cover an area of 5,113 deg^2^ centred on the SGP at 20h40m<RA<05h04m and -48{deg}<Dec<-2{deg}. At 216MHz, the typical rms noise is ~5mJy/beam and the angular resolution ~2 arcmin. The source catalogue contains a total of 108851 components above 5{sigma}, of which 77 per cent have measured spectral indices between 72 and 231MHz. Improvements to the data reduction in this release include the use of the GLEAM Extragalactic catalogue as a sky model to calibrate the data, a more efficient and automated algorithm to deconvolve the snapshot images, and a more accurate primary beam model to correct the flux scale. This data release enables more sensitive large-scale studies of extragalactic source populations as well as spectral variability studies on a one-year timescale.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/PASA/38.41
- Title:
- GLEAM 200MHz local radio luminosity function
- Short Name:
- J/other/PASA/38.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky Murchison Widefield Array (GLEAM) is a radio continuum survey at 76-227MHz of the entire southern sky (Declination <+30{deg}) with an angular resolution of ~2arcmin. In this paper, we combine GLEAM data with optical spectroscopy from the 6dF Galaxy Survey to construct a sample of 1,590 local (median z~0.064) radio sources with S_200MHz_>55mJy across an area of ~16700deg^2^. From the optical spectra, we identify the dominant physical process responsible for the radio emission from each galaxy: 73 per cent are fuelled by an active galactic nucleus (AGN) and 27 per cent by star formation. We present the local radio luminosity function for AGN and star-forming galaxies at 200MHz and characterise the typical radio spectra of these two populations between 76MHz and ~1GHz. For the AGN, the median spectral index between 200MHz and ~1GHz, {alpha}, is -0.600+/-0.010 (where S proportional to {nu}^{alpha}^) and the median spectral index within the GLEAM band, {alpha}_low_, is -0.704+/-0.011. For the star-forming galaxies, the median value of {alpha}_high_ is -0.650+/-0.010 and the median value of {alpha}_low_ is -0.596+/-0.015. Among the AGN population, flat-spectrum sources are more common at lower radio luminosity, suggesting the existence of a significant population of weak radio AGN that remain core-dominated even at low frequencies. However, around 4 per cent of local radio AGN have ultra-steep radio spectra at low frequencies ({alpha}_low_<-1.2). These ultra-steep-spectrum sources span a wide range in radio luminosity, and further work is needed to clarify their nature.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/464/3357
- Title:
- GMRT 610-MHz observations of the AMI001 field
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/464/3357
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present 610-MHz Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope observations of 0.84deg^2^ of the AMI001 field (centred on 00h23m10s, +31d53') with an rms noise of 18microJy/beam in the centre of the field. A total of 955 sources are detected, and 814 are included in the source count analysis. The source counts from these observations are consistent with previous work. We have used these data to study the spectral index distribution of a sample of sources selected at 15.7GHz from the recent deep extension to the Tenth Cambridge (10C) survey. The median spectral index, alpha, (where S{prop.to}nu^-alpha^^) between 0.08<S_15.7GHz/mJy<0.2 is 0.32+/-0.14, showing that star-forming galaxies, which have much steeper spectra, are not contributing significantly to this population. This is in contrast to several models, but in agreement with the results from the 10C ultra-deep source counts; the high-frequency sky therefore continues to be dominated by radio galaxies down to S_15.7GHz_=0.1mJy.
